Woman shoots ex-boyfriend as he clings to car, police say

Deputies: Man rode on car for 10 miles before being shot

Man shot and killed by ex-girlfriend after riding on her car for nearly 10 miles in Marion County.

Woman shoots ex-boyfriend as he clings to car, police say

Deputies: Man rode on car for 10 miles before being shot

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Updated: 10:20 AM EST Jan 28, 2013

MARION COUNTY, Fla. —

A woman shot and killed a man in a bizarre domestic dispute in Marion County Saturday night, according to authorities.

The incident began around 6 p.m., when 33-year-old Nikki Y. McNeil was trying to leave a home on Northwest 10th Avenue in Ocala. She had dropped off the couple's three children with Lamarck Tucker Sr., her ex-boyfriend.

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During the encounter, Tucker took McNeil's car keys and mobile phone. She was able to use spare keys to start the car and leave; however, Tucker jumped on the car and rode it for about 10 miles from Northwest 10th Avenue all the way to Gainesville Road and County Road 329 in Reddick. The children were not in the car during the incident.

McNeil told deputies she twice tried to stop and call for help, but with no success. She claimed that Tucker repeatedly threatened to harm her while clinging to the moving vehicle.

At one point, she felt threatened, and fired one shot through the windshield, hitting Tucker. He fell off of the vehicle on County Road 329 near Gainesville Road, and died later at a hospital.

McNeil stopped there, calling for help at a convenience store.

"(Tucker) said he was going to kill her. At that point, she fired, and it went through the windshield," said Judge Cochran, of the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

Tucker's relatives are baffled and in a state of disbelief.

"I miss my cousin. I cried all day. I cried all night. I need to find out what really happened, what really went on," said Tucker's cousin, Rodrick Richardson.

"For it to happen by the person he loved the most, the mother of his kids, that's what makes it a harder pill to swallow," said Tucker's cousin, Keith Whaley Jr. "We went to the accident scene (and) we were there for about an hour. It made everything real. To see the blood still on the ground and the chalk on the ground, it made everything real."

"It's killing us right now. He was such a good dude. I really don’t know (why) this happened," said Tucker's cousin, Julius Richardson.

Marion County detectives are still investigating, and McNeil has not been arrested so far.

The MCSO is asking anyone who witnessed any part of the incident to call the agency at 352-368-3586, or Crime Stoppers at 352-368-7867.